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There might not be long to wait for the first Intel eight-core CPU with Hyperthreading. Despite Intel keeping quiet about the chip’s existence, the i9 9900K has been all over the internet – promising to outperform even the red team’s finest AMD Ryzen 7 2700X. And we can confidently expect Intel’s latest chip to launch really soon. No, we’ve not just divined that from patterns of birds around our office, since benchmarks have begun flooding in from across the web it looks almost certain that the i9 9900K is in its final form and that Intel is gearing up for a launch. The benchmarks never lie. Actually, benchmarks often lie, but mostly only the ones that appear as skewed mobile phone pictures. They really are the worst. This isn’t the first time Intel has taken the initiative to stick the i9 prefix onto one of its fastest chips. The mobile i9 8950HK has been available for quite some time, and the HEDT platform chips, Skylake X, have been … [Read more...] about Intel i9 9900K CPU release date, specs, price, and performance

Despite no official confirmation, it's more than likely that we'll see new eight-core CPUs from Intel in the next month or so, delivering the ability to comprehensively outperform the already stunning Core i7 8700K - our pick as the fastest gaming CPU money can buy right now. The additional benefits for gaming in the short-term may be limited but once the new wave of Ryzen-powered consoles arrive, the need for faster, wider processors in the PC space should become abundantly clear. First up, let's round-up the various rumours - which actually begins with a cold, hard fact. Motherboard supplier Asrock has attached stickers to its latest H310 motherboards, citing eight-core CPU support. Not only does this confirm that octo-core chips are coming, but that the existing range of Coffee Lake motherboards will support them. Beyond that, we are moving into rumour territory. Chinese site Coolaler has delivered leaked specifications for the three top-end ninth-gen Core processors, citing a new … [Read more...] about Why we need the power of Intel’s next-gen eight-core CPUs

Intel’s 8th generation of Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs are in full swing. Officially launched in October 2017 under the umbrella term ‘Coffee Lake’, these are the CPUs powering almost every new PC and laptop you can buy today. There’s a smaller subset using AMD’s Ryzen+ CPUs (which have plenty to recommend them if you have a gander at our Ryzen 5 2600/2600X and Ryzen 7 2700/2700X reviews), but for the most part, Intel pretty much rule the roost when it comes to processors. For those who don’t already know the ins and out of Coffee Lake (or feel in a need of a refresher), I’ve put together this helpful guide to fill in everything you need to know about Intel’s 8th Gen CPUs. This includes the price and specs of all the Coffee Lake processors you can buy right now, what separates a Coffee Lake from a Kaby Lake/Skylake/Cannon Lake and all other manner of ‘lakes’, which motherboards work with Coffee Lake, and a quick look … [Read more...] about Intel Coffee Lake: Everything you need to know about Intel’s 8th Gen Core CPUs

Intel's announcement of a partnership with AMD to produce a single CPU package with integrated Vega graphics made waves in late 2017. Even with the final Hades Canyon NUC in my hands, I'm still surprised this ever happened. Hell may not be frozen over, but temperatures have certainly dipped. It's like finding the fabled unicorn grazing in your backyard.More critically, while gamers are always hungry for the best graphical performance, Intel has been working to improve its integrated graphics offerings for several years. Teaming up with AMD feels like a slap in the face to the engineers working on Intel's Iris Graphics solutions.Yet here we are, and we're all curious to see what the new processors can do. Intel has five Kaby Lake-G parts, all of which are the same other than clockspeeds, power levels, and the number of compute units that are enabled in the GPU. That means you get a 4-core/8-thread CPU paired with either an RX Vega M GH (for Graphics High, 24 CUs) or RX Vega M GL … [Read more...] about Intel’s team-up with AMD produces the fastest integrated graphics ever

Nvidia's surprise announcement and launch of the Titan V upped the ante for the fastest graphics card in the world. Former Titan cards cost $1,000, and the Titan X and Xp moved the target a bit further north to $1,199. With the Titan V, Nvidia goes for a completely different class of users, checking in at a breezy $2,999. Who could possibly need such a graphics card? Well, not gamers—or at least, not people who are only interested in playing games. We didn't make Nvidia's shortlist for an initial Titan V sample—"it's not for gaming" was the curt response—but Falcon Northwest came through with a drool-worthy PC that kicks practicality to the curb and goes all-in on style and performance. The latest version of the company's Tiki naturally includes the Titan V, but the luxurious hardware doesn't stop there. The potent totem includes Intel's fastest CPU for gaming, the Core i7-8700K, paired with 32GB of DDR4-3200 CL14 RAM, and then forget about storage bottlenecks with … [Read more...] about The $3K Titan V is the fastest graphics card, even though it’s not for gaming